Weather-strip



(No Model.) D. B. KINGSBURY.

WEATHER STRIP. No. 301,501. Patented July 8, 1884.

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UNITED STATES DAVID B. KINGSBURY,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF RAVE-NNA, OHIO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

sPHCIPIUATIDN forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,501, dated July 8, 1884.

Application filed November 5, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID B. KINGSBURY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Weather- Strips, of which the following is-a specification.

My invention consists in the combination and relative arrangement of a hinged strip with a spring and other devices, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings forming apart of this specifieation, Figure 1 is an elevation of thclower part of a door, I), and its frame I), in connection with the weather-strip. Fig. 2 is a vertical section at line 1 in Fig. 1, representing the door closed. Fig. 3 is a similar section representing the door partially open, and Fig. 4 is a View of the bottom end of the door.

The strip a is of sheet metal, hinged across the inner side of door 1). near the bottom, and inclined downward. The bent arm 0 is attached to strip 0;. The door is recessed to re ceive spring e and the inner end of arm c,whieh are flexibly connected by a short wire, 8. When the dooris open, the lower edge of strip a is held above the bottom of the door by spring 8. In closing door I) strip it comes in contact with earn a when the door is nearly closed, which presses down strip a until its lower edge is in contact with the doorsill. Cam n is formed with a slot, n, and is attached to frame F) by two screws, 2' i, one of which is in slot n. This slot is for the purpose of permitting the proper adjustment of cam n to hold the lower edge of strip a closely against the door-sill when door I) is closed. The lower strip a, and also to arrest the upward turning of the strip, caused by spring e,when thelower edge of the strip is sufficiently above the bottom of the door. For this latter purpose cap 0 is so formed and situated relative to strip a that the lower edge of the cap-will be in contaotwith the upper side of strip a, and thus arrest the action of spring 0 when the lower edge of the strip has been suiiioiently raised to clear the doorsill in opening and closing the door.

Heretofore weather-strips have been hinged to the outside of the door and held in a raised position by a spring located in a groove in the lower part of the door and connected by an arm with the strip, the latter being operated by a cam, and such devices are not in then1- selves new.

I claim as my invention 1. The hinged Weatherstrip a, formed with arm 0, spring 6, and cam 07., in combination with door b, recessed to receive the spring and arm, substantially as described.

2. The hinged weather-strip a, formed with arm 0, spring 0, cam in, and door b, recessed to receive the. spring, in combination with cap 0,

arranged to cover the hinge of the weatherstrip and arrest the action of the spring in lifting the strip, substantially as described.

DAVID B. KINGSBURY.

' WVitnesses:

BRADFORD HO\VL-AND, CHARLES F. DAY. 

